Dell PowerEdge T130 with S130 RAID Controller - Driver for Windows Server 2016 nonexistent

Question

So I have Dell PowerEdge T130 tower server, and I wish to install Windows Server 2016 Essentials on it.

When I configure RAID in Dell Lifecycle Controller everything is fine, but when I try to run installation it asks me for drivers.

I've looked few hours for them, used older from WS 2008 and 2012 and it doesn't accept it.

This page says that the server supports Windows Server 2016: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/SupportedOS/poweredge-t130

This page (S130 RAID Controller manual) says it supports only 2012, 2012 R2 and 2008. http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-s130/sw130_ug_pub-v1/Supported-operating-systems?guid=GUID-EC917530-4994-4339-AF17-F1B7B8C9097A&lang=en-us

Can anyone help me finding proper drivers or find a solution to make PowerEdge T130, Windows Server 2016 with RAID configured work?

If I won't configure RAID controller and use regular SATA one everything is fine.

Thanks in advance for support.

Solution

I had this same issue and finaly found these. I finaly found the correct version of the drivers were listed as being for Server v-Next (2016) http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=NPMVJ

Comments

[Admin]

So the server supports Windows Server 2016 but the RAID controller doesn't. Either install an OS that is supported by the RAID controller or get a RAID controller that supports Windows Server 2016.

[Admin]

I'm afraid it's integrated. If the controller is installed in PowerEdge T130 and it doesn't support Windows Server 2016, this OS shouldn't be in a list of supported OS's for PowerEdge T130 Tower Server.

[Admin]

I have three possible solutions. Will try each of them, if anything works I'll post an answer here.